Epilepsy & seizure disorders Board decisions

The veteran is seeking service connection for residuals of a stroke, including right hemiplegia and seizures. The case has been remanded due to the need for a hearing.

The Board found no evidence of a seizure disorder in service or within one year post-service, and the veteran's statements about an onset during service were not credible. Therefore, service connection for a seizure disorder is denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a seizure disorder, back pain, leg disorder, arm disorder, and a disorder of the feet as they are not shown to be related to his military service.

The VA determined that the veteran's epilepsy was not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to have been incurred therein.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection in multiple instances, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen his claim of chronic paranoid disorder with seizures. The other service connection claims were also denied.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for head injury and post-operative residuals arteriovenous malformation with seizures. As such, these claims remain denied.

The Board denied service connection for a seizure disorder and hearing loss, finding that the evidence did not establish a nexus between these conditions and the veteran's military service.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including obtaining SSA records.

The veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic epilepsy, also claimed as residuals of head injury, was granted effective from September 16, 2004.

The veteran's hypoglycemia with seizures has not been productive of at least one major seizure in the last six months or two in the last year, or averaging at least five to eight minor seizures weekly. The Board finds that an evaluation in excess of the current 20 percent rating is unwarranted.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened and granted.,The veteran's claim for service connection for a seizure disorder was also reopened.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining records from Elgin Mental Health Center and a supplemental opinion regarding the relationship between service-connected conditions and current diagnoses.

The veteran is entitled to reimbursement for unauthorized private medical expenses incurred on May 7, 2004 due to an emergency psychiatric episode related to his service-connected conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for a seizure disorder, finding that it is proximately due to or the result of the veteran's service-connected cardiovascular disorders. However, the thoracic-lumbar spine disabilities were not incurred in or aggravated by military service and are not related to the service-connected cardiovascular disability.

The veteran's appeal for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for epilepsy has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew their appeal before a decision was made.

The Board has determined that the veteran's seizure disorder is not related to his service-connected meningitis and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for grand mal seizures, mononucleosis, and a stomach disorder with H-pylori infection due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The veteran's seizure disorder is manifested by at least one major seizure per month over the course of a year, warranting a 100 percent evaluation. The issue of entitlement to TDIU is now moot due to the grant of a 100 percent schedular rating for the seizure disorder.

The Board has denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death due to lack of evidence showing that any service-connected disability caused or contributed to the veteran's death.,Service connection was not granted for heart attack with bypass surgery, cerebral vascular accident, seizure attack, Parkinson's disease, and protein S deficiency as secondary to service-connected essential tremors.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for PTSD, schizoaffective disorder, seizure disorder, and bilateral knee condition due to a lack of credible supporting evidence that the claimed stressors actually occurred in service. The veteran failed to provide sufficient details about his alleged stressors and did not submit any corroborative evidence.